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Which Siblings of Children with Cancer are Best Helped by Participating in a Specialized Intervention Program?

To understand why some SCC experience psychological distress while others do not, researchers have turned their attention to potential protective factors that may influence the ability of SCC to cope with the cancer experience. Provision of protective/buffering factors specifically to less-resilient siblings (defined as those with higher initial depression and anxiety symptom scores) in the form of a structured program has not been previously attempted. The objective of this study was to explore outcomes of a specialized 8 week, intervention program for SCC. SCC and one parent completed standardized questionnaires exploring symptoms of depression and anxiety pre and post intervention. Results showed that the gender of the SCC, and the specific diagnosis of the child with cancer were factors significantly associated with the degree of reported symptoms of anxiety and depression respectively. Looking at significant interactions, we found that girls whose siblings had brain tumours improved less than other subgroups

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/32715
Date21 August 2012
CreatorsSalavati, Bahar
ContributorsBarrera, Maru
Source SetsUniversity of Toronto
Languageen_ca
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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